IMP dehydrogenase from Pneumocystis carinii as a potential drug target

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 40-48

  O'Gara, Mary Jeanne ^a   Lee, Chao Hung ^a   Weinberg, Geoffrey A ^a,b   Nott, Jeniece M ^a   Queener, Sherry F ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INOSINATE DEHYDROGENASE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME INHIBITION; GROWTH INHIBITION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0031038391     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.41.1.40     Document Type: Article

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